You know, looking at the 'slow' part of Eloise, in the middle of the song,.. its such a shame that Dave Vanian was around maybe too soon..his looks are film star quality here, his charisma is off the charts, and his voice is smooth. In this present time,..if Dave had been the age now that he was then,.. he could have been a massive star, not only a singer , but probably acting too. I always feel this man should have been offered much greater things in terms of work, and fame and status.
You are SO correct! It's their 40th concerts and they are finally getting the recognition they - especially Dave deserves, but at what cost? 90 minute sets. I always thought he was ALL THAT and then some, in every way, at least here, playing this AMAZING festival on the Thames I believe, w/ Eloise with the Philharmonic Orchestra behind him, he just had to feel like King of the World at least at that moment, and so he should have... 40 years later, he's STILL got it, and I got to spend some time with him and his lovely wife Patricia who also deserves more for her musical contribution and for being an amazing human being in the first place! I'll see Dave at least, again soon enough! Very excited, it's been far too long!!
I Really Loved This Goth/Romantic Era Mid 80s Of The Damned Too! But, 100% Agree! (Phantasmagoria Is A Phenomenally Underated Gem Of Theirs As Well! Such Great And Very Talented Players And Musicians, Which A Few Are No Longer With Us....
The Damned are & have been for nearly 40 years one of the finest live acts out there. If you can get to see The Damned, don't think about it, just go, the current line-up are so tight, so good & always good value. Part of music history, in years to come people will talk of The Damned.
From the nastiest punk band ever, to playing a venue like this backed by a full orchestra, it's obvious that The Damned both ARE punk rock, and also transcended it to an amazing level unequaled in the genre. Now that the 40th Anniversary tour has wrapped up and they're back in the studio recording a new album, it's fair to say that they're garnering the best press of their entire career. Yeah, longevity has it's merits, but it wouldn't count for sh!t if they hadn't delivered the goods every show, every tour, for 40+ years. I've seen them in-concert about two dozen times, including the Fillmore a few months ago, and I was also their lighting director for two shows at the I-Beam in San Francisco in the late 80's. It's about Damned time they're getting their due, being acknowledged as the true legends they are. Hey, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame knuckleheads: get a f*cking clue and induct them already!
November 2nd 1986 Portsmouth Guildhall. I was 16 and The Damned were my very first ever concert. It was the anything tour and I remember buying a white T-shirt with the album cover on the front. I am 51 now and everything is coming flooding back to me. What a band and what a night.
@@elainekeech5292 Cheers Elaine. Yes, they are still sounding amazing. Been watching some recent clips on here. Shame the Glastonbury gig wasn't professionally filmed by BBC!!!!!
This was simulcast with BBC radio, I was about 14v years old. I played it on my portable b&w TV in my bedroom, with a stereo radio radio playing the sound. It was the first time I'd seen and heard live music like this. I knew when I heard it Eloise was a beautiful name, 25 years later my daughter was christened with Eloise as her middle name.
The Damned were/ ARE / Always will be Fucking class.... in ALL Line-ups as we're the Stranglers. THE 2 most unappreciated legendary bands to come out of the original British Punk/ New Wave & post Punk eras.... & well delivered written songs - and their most iconic songs had both dark psychedelic & Keyboard influences great guitar riffs. Fucking favourite band live.
That city is literally thee best place for art, music and culture, and it doesn’t set out to be, there’s just something in the DNA of the place, has to be experienced
@RACHEL LAWRENCE I was still in school. I was a mad horror film fan and my cousin said I should get in to The Damned. She took me along to see this 🖤🖤🖤
@@Mr_Lupine It was a bit later on, in the Autumn of 86. I remember, as the girl who would become my fiancee, who I had fancied for ages, rang me up out of the blue to go to her house. As I walked into my living room about to leave, this was on TV, so I watched this song before going. Apt start for a romance, huh...
Thank you. First time I have seen this since in was broadcast live. Just back from their Glasgow gig (28/1/2018) and they did a brilliant Eloise as always. Dave and Cpt Sensible look fantastic for one being 63 and the other (Dave) being 61. Voice as strong as the day they started and I have been following them for 40 years. Still a very tight band with Paul Grey back on bass. Pinch was solid as ever but Monty, stole the show with some pure crazy dance moves. Again, thank you for this post. #Stumbledon
Glad you had a great time. Was there for the first show in Newcastle, totally blown away seeing Paul back on bass. I'm only 25 so I never thought I'd get the chance to see him live. I'll be doing a few more shows too!
I'm 53 but in not to bad condition for those 53 years. We looked at a review of the Newcastle gig on the Monday morning and it said Cpt ended the night with a classic "Happy Talk". He ended our gig with a super "Jet Boy Jet Girl". It is so refreshing seeing, and knowing, that people such as yourself are going through the same trip I went through all those years ago. Paul suffered from Tinnitus and was unable to leave his home for 3 yeaars. It was great seeing him up there and enjoying the crowd. He has been working with other bands but for me, once a Damned member, always a Damned member. Keep rocking mate and enjoy the entire trip ahead of you.
Yep mammylove you have hit the nail on the head i first saw them in 79 in edinburgh at the nite club his look was and always will be spot on no one can touch him bono tried and failed overall how did u2 become a bigger band than the damned ?
In my personal world the damned lived at the top and u2 was ok but I soon tired of them. With the damned it's been 40 odd yrs and I can still listen to all their songs old and new all day on constant repeat. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ These gents
One of the all time greatest front men. At first I thought he was lip synching, his performance was so spot on. Great pitch and tone, amazing presence. And of course The Damned. Punk gods in perpetuity.
My twin sister was into Punk and I was into R&R in the late 70's. Just discovered this band and now a fan at 66. Love this cover. You're right miles better than the original. Looking for the CD (or record0,
Jason Basson Absolutely lovely guy, too. Always has a lot of time for his fans. PS: I believe you mean 'New Rose' 😉 Glad you're discovering them properly!
For something that covers most of their career both old and new I'd actually recommend this fan-shot gig from 2010: ua-cam.com/video/LmiZJcdpovc/v-deo.html the sound is fantastic and so is the picture quality (once it gets started) and the guys are on fire! For something a bit older, Final Damnation is now on youtube in its entirety - which is pro-shot and lets you see the original lineup play together again while also playing material from a bit later in their career! Bridport is my first choice though!
I am so glad I lived in London during this era of the Damned!! I got to see them several times over the years, and even met Dave on Carnaby Street in 1986! I made a little video about how I got my photographs of their 10th Anniversary Tea Party in their book! :)
OK so it's a "live" show yet at the end of Anything they stop playing and just tear up their instruments . I've seen them live so I know that they sound as good in person as on albums. My question is was this show really live or was it memorex?
Bravo! Despite some comments, I think this is live for the Eloise part. The ambiance and transfers may make it look like Dave is lip synching, but I say not. Anything part obviously yes.
I’d say no on Eloise as well. The drums and guitar cabs aren’t mic’d and the vocals are way too clean for how much wind there is and don’t sound live at all.
I am puzzled why in this version of Eloise... Everytime Dave says Eloise.. it sounds like "eloise".. while in the official version he belts out "ELLOOOOISSSEEEEEEEEE!!!" This is how it is supposed to sound... ua-cam.com/video/CB_Mtai6Klc/v-deo.html
These guys don't get the respect or recognition they deserve! And f off G&R you can't improve perfection! The Damned have inspired so many groups, they have played with legends and im my opinion are The Legends! None can top the Damned! 1st Punk Single-LP Many awesome, evolving albums all pure bliss. Vanian is the Real Punk-GothFather, a Gentleman with a love of the Victorian Era not Murphy, not Lydon!
A semi reasonable copy of the original by Barry Ryan in the 60's but little added except the orchestra and the wonderful harp. The lead singer has similar somewhat uncoordinated actions to Eddie Tenpole in Anything. Pity they felt it necessary to finish off by smashing their instruments.
Anything, anything anything is better than miming. Great live band so such a shame they got them to prerecord the live performance. Guess they were not best pleased, hence destroying the kit at the end.
That was all planned well in advance. They sent one of the crew into the local music shops to get the cheapest guitars they could find. Pity the director opted not to show the trashing antics. One shot they're all playing instruments - cut to audience dancing on a sailing ship - then shot of Damned dancing around without instruments.
This band must hold the world record for the most 'farewell' tours, but I pray they are still working at this bleak time for music! This means they're probably still doing farewell performances, but nothing like this one with the Liverpool Symphony Orchestra!!
Not only are they not doing "farewell" tours or performances anymore, and which they haven't done in well over 30 years BTW, but their last two studio albums both hit the top 10 on the charts: "Evil Spirits" in 2018 (#7), and "Darkadelic" in 2023 (#9). I just saw them in SF on May 20 and they played 11, you heard that right, 11 of the 12 songs on the new album. Best performance I've ever seen and I've seen them close to 30 times going back to the early 80's.
They recorded it because it's a great tune and was a good shot a getting a big hit (which it was). The song itself (written by Paul Ryan) has so many musical elements which have always been key to the Damned's own writing and performing. Drama, darkness, silliness, general over-the-top mayhem.
Is this very "progressive rock" ? Long song, lots of changes, the noodling is kept down. It just reminds me of all the reasons Rush is the worst group ever. Who knows what R N Roll is? But I'll take the straight forward Damned over Eloise. Or even " Alone Again Or" shows great virtuosity while not being bloated n proggy. Damned were so great bc they did what they wanted, not what their audience expected. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes a mess of bad ideas, always at it's center a peculiar "Damned" uniqueness one can ONLY get from forever legendary DAMNED.
+Johnny Rotten they sold out with the cover version in the first place...but saying that I would have known about the band love if it was not for the Alone Again Or cover :)
Not quite sure why you think they "sold out" with this one particular song; The Damned have always done covers,(just look at the Naz Nomad lp), and this particular one demonstrates Dave Vanian tastes in music, and with the departure of Captain Sensible no one to to stand up to him. I've always thought the main problem with the "Anything" record was the label. The Damned finally sign to a major label and the first release with them, Phantasmagoria, was a big success. So the label puts a lot of pressure on the band to come up with a follow up quickly so they can cash in. I think the band needed some down time to come up with better material, I find it vey telling that two of the three singles were covers. And then the label dropped them because "Anything" didn't sell as well as "Phantasmagoria", but not before they released a double record compilation to squeeze as much out of the band as they could. There has always been talk about how the band is cursed and sometimes I wonder.
They didn't "sell out" at all. 'Eloise' has all of the brilliant drama, darkness, silliness, chaos and general over-the-top mayhem which the Damned's own writing and performing has always possessed.
But doesn't selling out mean you make more than just one song that sounds more mainstream? They really didn't sell out. They just happened to make a song that was easier for the public to understand and then went back to making music that's more their style.
@@Monocultured01 I know what you mean, but you are "sanitizing" your arguments. When I initially listened to The Damned, songs like "Street Of Dreams", "Smash It Up" and "New Rose" were not played on MTV or it's equivalent. You had to hear the music on an underground radio station and /or club that didn't cater to the tastes of radio executives. It was painful to see them on the same rock station as Samantha Fox, U2 & the like.
You know, looking at the 'slow' part of Eloise, in the middle of the song,.. its such a shame that Dave Vanian was around maybe too soon..his looks are film star quality here, his charisma is off the charts, and his voice is smooth. In this present time,..if Dave had been the age now that he was then,.. he could have been a massive star, not only a singer , but probably acting too. I always feel this man should have been offered much greater things in terms of work, and fame and status.
mammylove1 Totally, totally agree. Such an enigmatic, beautiful man. Totally underestimated at that point in time.
You are SO correct! It's their 40th concerts and they are finally getting the recognition they - especially Dave deserves, but at what cost? 90 minute sets. I always thought he was ALL THAT and then some, in every way, at least here, playing this AMAZING festival on the Thames I believe, w/ Eloise with the Philharmonic Orchestra behind him, he just had to feel like King of the World at least at that moment, and so he should have... 40 years later, he's STILL got it, and I got to spend some time with him and his lovely wife Patricia who also deserves more for her musical contribution and for being an amazing human being in the first place! I'll see Dave at least, again soon enough! Very excited, it's been far too long!!
Is in Albert Dock in Liverpool with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Says so on end credits.
He's alive and ROCKIN--He's a KIng in our DAMNED WORLD!!!!!
I'm imagining him in Les Miserables instead of Russell Crowe. How much better would it have been?
Dave Vanian- Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent. 💖💖💖💖
Love him!❤️❤️❤️
Phantasmagoria is an underrated album by The Damned. Loved all these guys played!
I Really Loved This Goth/Romantic Era Mid 80s Of The Damned Too! But, 100% Agree! (Phantasmagoria Is A Phenomenally Underated Gem Of Theirs As Well! Such Great And Very Talented Players And Musicians, Which A Few Are No Longer With Us....
The Damned are & have been for nearly 40 years one of the finest live acts out there.
If you can get to see The Damned, don't think about it, just go, the current line-up are so tight, so good & always good value.
Part of music history, in years to come people will talk of The Damned.
Agreed. Saw them at O2 Islington. Fantastic performance. Going to Albert Hall in May.
From the nastiest punk band ever, to playing a venue like this backed by a full orchestra, it's obvious that The Damned both ARE punk rock, and also transcended it to an amazing level unequaled in the genre. Now that the 40th Anniversary tour has wrapped up and they're back in the studio recording a new album, it's fair to say that they're garnering the best press of their entire career. Yeah, longevity has it's merits, but it wouldn't count for sh!t if they hadn't delivered the goods every show, every tour, for 40+ years. I've seen them in-concert about two dozen times, including the Fillmore a few months ago, and I was also their lighting director for two shows at the I-Beam in San Francisco in the late 80's. It's about Damned time they're getting their due, being acknowledged as the true legends they are. Hey, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame knuckleheads: get a f*cking clue and induct them already!
This band is a masterclass in sheer rock'n,roll EXCELLENCE!!!
The original line-up is back together now.
Apart from when they went all rockabilly in the mid 90’s. That was a weird and massively disappointing gig I can tell you!
The damned and a orchestra nothing gets more surreal
November 2nd 1986 Portsmouth Guildhall. I was 16 and The Damned were my very first ever concert. It was the anything tour and I remember buying a white T-shirt with the album cover on the front. I am 51 now and everything is coming flooding back to me. What a band and what a night.
Great memories ❤️❤️❤️🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸
I was at that gig fabulous, still sound and look amazing ❤
@@elainekeech5292 That's brilliant Elaine! I remember it on TV. Were they actually live? Or partly live?❤️❤️❤️🎸🎸🎸🤘🤘🤘
@@michael5089 Hi, Anything was mimed, who retrieved the band's guitars 🎸 ....such a great band, still sounding good 🙂
@@elainekeech5292 Cheers Elaine. Yes, they are still sounding amazing. Been watching some recent clips on here. Shame the Glastonbury gig wasn't professionally filmed by BBC!!!!!
Unbelievably fantastic!! Not a lot of bands could pull something like that off live!
Wasn't live, all pre recorded..
@@mikecummings3149 It's live, listen to Dave at 1:42, it's most obvious in that line
LOVE IT! Dave is mesmerizing.
i think about this vid everyday
Such a great vocal.
This was simulcast with BBC radio, I was about 14v years old. I played it on my portable b&w TV in my bedroom, with a stereo radio radio playing the sound. It was the first time I'd seen and heard live music like this.
I knew when I heard it Eloise was a beautiful name, 25 years later my daughter was christened with Eloise as her middle name.
The Damned were/ ARE / Always will be Fucking class.... in ALL Line-ups as we're the Stranglers. THE 2 most unappreciated legendary bands to come out of the original British Punk/ New Wave & post Punk eras.... & well delivered written songs - and their most iconic songs had both dark psychedelic & Keyboard influences great guitar riffs.
Fucking favourite band live.
Nah, that's the Skids. Known as a one hit wonder to most people and far less known than either the Stranglers and the Damned.
R I P Bryn Merrick, (Bass Guitar) gone too soon.
i have always fancied Dave Vanian very dishey indead !!!! Love their music !!!!!!!!
That city is literally thee best place for art, music and culture, and it doesn’t set out to be, there’s just something in the DNA of the place, has to be experienced
this gave me chills
I was there, well I had to be being from Liverpool. It was Magic. I was so excited I nearly pee'd me Knickers : )
what year was that?
@@marclaforest1421 about summer 1986
@RACHEL LAWRENCE I was still in school. I was a mad horror film fan and my cousin said I should get in to The Damned. She took me along to see this 🖤🖤🖤
@@Mr_Lupine It was a bit later on, in the Autumn of 86. I remember, as the girl who would become my fiancee, who I had fancied for ages, rang me up out of the blue to go to her house. As I walked into my living room about to leave, this was on TV, so I watched this song before going. Apt start for a romance, huh...
Greetings from Aigburth
Thank you. First time I have seen this since in was broadcast live. Just back from their Glasgow gig (28/1/2018) and they did a brilliant Eloise as always. Dave and Cpt Sensible look fantastic for one being 63 and the other (Dave) being 61. Voice as strong as the day they started and I have been following them for 40 years. Still a very tight band with Paul Grey back on bass. Pinch was solid as ever but Monty, stole the show with some pure crazy dance moves. Again, thank you for this post. #Stumbledon
Glad you had a great time. Was there for the first show in Newcastle, totally blown away seeing Paul back on bass. I'm only 25 so I never thought I'd get the chance to see him live. I'll be doing a few more shows too!
I'm 53 but in not to bad condition for those 53 years. We looked at a review of the Newcastle gig on the Monday morning and it said Cpt ended the night with a classic "Happy Talk". He ended our gig with a super "Jet Boy Jet Girl". It is so refreshing seeing, and knowing, that people such as yourself are going through the same trip I went through all those years ago. Paul suffered from Tinnitus and was unable to leave his home for 3 yeaars. It was great seeing him up there and enjoying the crowd. He has been working with other bands but for me, once a Damned member, always a Damned member. Keep rocking mate and enjoy the entire trip ahead of you.
Love the Damned,thanks for uploading!
Yep mammylove you have hit the nail on the head i first saw them in 79 in edinburgh at the nite club his look was and always will be spot on no one can touch him bono tried and failed overall how did u2 become a bigger band than the damned ?
In my personal world the damned lived at the top and u2 was ok but I soon tired of them. With the damned it's been 40 odd yrs and I can still listen to all their songs old and new all day on constant repeat. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ These gents
Best band who survived the punk wave
Still one of my favorites! OMGGGGGGGG!
Thank you, love The Damned ❤
Want to watch it again and again ❤
Seen the Damned live a few times, from Shepperton to Bristol, always good live
One of the all time greatest front men. At first I thought he was lip synching, his performance was so spot on. Great pitch and tone, amazing presence. And of course The Damned. Punk gods in perpetuity.
I. Watched this at home when it happened, then met rat several y ears after while working at a club he was great but would have loved to meet Dave
Hope they release a CD AND. DVD OF RÉUNION TOUR NEXT YEAR. DAVE VANIAN IS THE ULTIMATE FRONTMAN.
My twin sister was into Punk and I was into R&R in the late 70's. Just discovered this band and now a fan at 66. Love this cover. You're right miles better than the original. Looking for the CD (or record0,
dave out done the orchestra lol
I'd break my heart to please Vanian, and yes to the comment on here Phantasmagoria is a fantastic Album bit then again, they all are!
I 🖤 The Damned
what a great tune.
Just awesome !
Great singer, great personality! I only knew the track "White Rose" but I am catching up now! Great live band!
Jason Basson Absolutely lovely guy, too. Always has a lot of time for his fans. PS: I believe you mean 'New Rose' 😉 Glad you're discovering them properly!
Indeed 'New Rose'! :-) Which live show of them do you recommend me here on YouYube? greetz
For something that covers most of their career both old and new I'd actually recommend this fan-shot gig from 2010: ua-cam.com/video/LmiZJcdpovc/v-deo.html the sound is fantastic and so is the picture quality (once it gets started) and the guys are on fire! For something a bit older, Final Damnation is now on youtube in its entirety - which is pro-shot and lets you see the original lineup play together again while also playing material from a bit later in their career! Bridport is my first choice though!
I will recommend Phantasmamorphia and Nothing , two great albums from The Dammit.
What a groove 🎸🎸🎸
Super! Love the harp
+LarryDubyaJay Harp player looks like Sioned Williams, fabulous sound.
One of the best singer. Fuck! Such a genius
My God, I saw this at the actual time it was broadcast. Tempus Fugit indeed.
Me too... worrying isn't it.
Me three!
Me too
Bellísimo
This was the best lineup. Bryn Merrick was the one of the best bass players.
Maybe.... It was a great line up.
Seen so many over the years.
Any rode up all the best for 2021 😎
All the lineups have their merits.
Bryn my school mate!Spent many times in detention together😊😊Sadly gone😢😢😢
I am so glad I lived in London during this era of the Damned!! I got to see them several times over the years, and even met Dave on Carnaby Street in 1986! I made a little video about how I got my photographs of their 10th Anniversary Tea Party in their book! :)
Dave's in fine voice! Astonishing to think they used to be punks.
The Best 👍
RIP Bryn merrick
He was just 56🎸🎸😞
luv him i soooo luv meet him
2nd track is mimed. They make the point quite obvious in the closing credits .
Loving the drama of Dave's hair in the wind
This is right where i live I'm so shook
Seriously difficult song to pull off. There's a serious amount of practice in there.
rockin' sienfelds" puffy shirt!
OK so it's a "live" show yet at the end of Anything they stop playing and just tear up their instruments . I've seen them live so I know that they sound as good in person as on albums. My question is was this show really live or was it memorex?
Bravo! Despite some comments, I think this is live for the Eloise part. The ambiance and transfers may make it look like Dave is lip synching, but I say not. Anything part obviously yes.
I’d say no on Eloise as well. The drums and guitar cabs aren’t mic’d and the vocals are way too clean for how much wind there is and don’t sound live at all.
@@AlexAlcyone there's no way you're capturing a band in that much detail on a windy outdoor stage with overhead mics.
Cool man
God save....thé damned !!!..
Nice to see this performance on the Guy Garvey From the vaults show recently
Simply delicious!!!!!! :) ;)
Rip Bryn.
end song driving rythm
Dave had such beautiful skin.
Even though its playback those songs are amazing......
taniableh it's not playback 😂he's just that talented
"Anything" definitely seems like a lip sync. Who knows with "Eloise." What a shame if they brought out an orchestra for pretend time.
Did they got mad casue they weren't playing live 100% sound pre-record
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No Captain. Uh.
I am puzzled why in this version of Eloise... Everytime Dave says Eloise.. it sounds like "eloise".. while in the official version he belts out "ELLOOOOISSSEEEEEEEEE!!!" This is how it is supposed to sound... ua-cam.com/video/CB_Mtai6Klc/v-deo.html
there ain’t many like him original
This is real singing and instruments yungins 😂
I wonder why they didn't let them do this live it probably would have blew everyone away
These guys don't get the respect or recognition they deserve! And f off G&R you can't improve perfection! The Damned have inspired so many groups, they have played with legends and im my opinion are The Legends!
None can top the Damned!
1st Punk Single-LP
Many awesome, evolving albums all pure bliss.
Vanian is the Real Punk-GothFather, a Gentleman with a love of the Victorian Era not Murphy, not Lydon!
Goosebumps here...
The guys are fuckin' great...
Who is the announcer?.....very familiar.
Gary Davies
I wonder how many of us named our daughters Eloise after this performance ?
A semi reasonable copy of the original by Barry Ryan in the 60's but little added except the orchestra and the wonderful harp. The lead singer has similar somewhat uncoordinated actions to Eddie Tenpole in Anything. Pity they felt it necessary to finish off by smashing their instruments.
Nice but it's not live
Too bad "Anything" was 100 % lip sync… They deserved better than that.
Anything, anything anything is better than miming. Great live band so such a shame they got them to prerecord the live performance. Guess they were not best pleased, hence destroying the kit at the end.
That was all planned well in advance. They sent one of the crew into the local music shops to get the cheapest guitars they could find. Pity the director opted not to show the trashing antics. One shot they're all playing instruments - cut to audience dancing on a sailing ship - then shot of Damned dancing around without instruments.
I must admit, just watched this for first time and for opening few lines I thought he was miming. Obviously not!
Would have been better if his lips were in sync with his vocals
in 1 fuckin day timed and you have other time to do it now or never .
a fuckin ma zing
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awww don't talk about yourself so harshly!
Christ only two years before it was Nasty and Do The Blitz
This band must hold the world record for the most 'farewell' tours, but I pray they are still working at this bleak time for music! This means they're probably still doing farewell performances, but nothing like this one with the Liverpool Symphony Orchestra!!
Not only are they not doing "farewell" tours or performances anymore, and which they haven't done in well over 30 years BTW, but their last two studio albums both hit the top 10 on the charts: "Evil Spirits" in 2018 (#7), and "Darkadelic" in 2023 (#9). I just saw them in SF on May 20 and they played 11, you heard that right, 11 of the 12 songs on the new album. Best performance I've ever seen and I've seen them close to 30 times going back to the early 80's.
Playback. MJ inspired by DV no ? For Bad tour ?! No ?
At that time, Dave Vanian would have made a very good Vampire!

from punk to the complete opposite its almost funny.
ELOISE konnte nur einer SINGEN und das war BARRY RYAN
UND NIEMAND ANDERS 😊😢
Not very Sensible
Shame this is mimed.
^^y^^...playback!!! que vergonha tocarem em playback! é degradante para uma banda. é preferível não tocarem!!! ^^y^^
fala ai meu camarada !!! sera que e playback mesmo ??? tem ate uma hora que o dave desafina no refrao .
The Damned look totally out of place. Thank god. Shortly after they returned to their punk roots.
I think they look perfectly 'in place'. The Damned's drama, darkness, silliness and general over-the-top mayhem looks good anywhere ;)
way did they record this ? sorry never liked it .
They recorded it because it's a great tune and was a good shot a getting a big hit (which it was). The song itself (written by Paul Ryan) has so many musical elements which have always been key to the Damned's own writing and performing. Drama, darkness, silliness, general over-the-top mayhem.
Is this very "progressive rock" ? Long song, lots of changes, the noodling is kept down. It just reminds me of all the reasons Rush is the worst group ever. Who knows what R N Roll is? But I'll take the straight forward Damned over Eloise. Or even " Alone Again Or" shows great virtuosity while not being bloated n proggy. Damned were so great bc they did what they wanted, not what their audience expected. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes a mess of bad ideas, always at it's center a peculiar "Damned" uniqueness one can ONLY get from forever legendary DAMNED.
Loved them, but they sold out with this song..........
+Johnny Rotten they sold out with the cover version in the first place...but saying that I would have known about the band love if it was not for the Alone Again Or cover :)
Not quite sure why you think they "sold out" with this one particular song; The Damned have always done covers,(just look at the Naz Nomad lp), and this particular one demonstrates Dave Vanian tastes in music, and with the departure of Captain Sensible no one to to stand up to him.
I've always thought the main problem with the "Anything" record was the label. The Damned finally sign to a major label and the first release with them, Phantasmagoria, was a big success. So the label puts a lot of pressure on the band to come up with a follow up quickly so they can cash in. I think the band needed some down time to come up with better material, I find it vey telling that two of the three singles were covers. And then the label dropped them because "Anything" didn't sell as well as "Phantasmagoria", but not before they released a double record compilation to squeeze as much out of the band as they could.
There has always been talk about how the band is cursed and sometimes I wonder.
They didn't "sell out" at all. 'Eloise' has all of the brilliant drama, darkness, silliness, chaos and general over-the-top mayhem which the Damned's own writing and performing has always possessed.
But doesn't selling out mean you make more than just one song that sounds more mainstream? They really didn't sell out. They just happened to make a song that was easier for the public to understand and then went back to making music that's more their style.
@@Monocultured01 I know what you mean, but you are "sanitizing" your arguments. When I initially listened to The Damned, songs like "Street Of Dreams", "Smash It Up" and "New Rose" were not played on MTV or it's equivalent. You had to hear the music on an underground radio station and /or club that didn't cater to the tastes of radio executives. It was painful to see them on the same rock station as Samantha Fox, U2 & the like.
Ridiculous slop.